Game device



C. L. MYERS Jan. 18, 1944.

GAME DEVICE I Filed June '22, 1942 Charles L. Myers Patented Jan. 18,1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GAME DEVICE Charles L. Myers, Vineland,N. J. Application June 22, 1942, Serial No. 447,991

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in gamedevices designed primarily for the purpose of entertainment and pastimeand also to enable persons who have not yet learned the art of bowlingand keeping score to become familiar with the keeping of the score inactual bowling games.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a game deviceincluding a game board having areas thereof arranged to indicate theconditions normally arising during the game of bowling and also toprovide a spinner pivotally mounted on the game board and adapted toindicate certain results of the playing of the game.

A further important object of the present invention is to provide adouble-ended spinner having rollers at each end thereof contacting thesurface of the game board to facilitate the movement of the spinnerthereover.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simpland practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance,relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for thepurposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout and in which Figure 1 is a planview showing the game board and spinner mounted thereon, and

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially on a line2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention,the numeral 5 designates a game board having a portion of its uppersurface marked with a plurality of concentric circles 6 and radial lines1 crossing the circles to form a plurality of game-indicating boxes 8arranged in the form of an inner circle and a plurality of game boxesareas 9 arranged in the form of an outer circle.

Each of the box1ike areas 8 has legends ill printed thereoncorresponding to the results obtained during the playing of the game ofbowling and also displayed in the areas 8 is a rectangular-shaped designl simulating the record box of a bowling score sheet to likewiseindicate certain results of the game.

Also displayed in the box-like areas 9 are the legends l2 to indicatethe results of the game and also disp ayed in the areas 9 are pictorialillustrations I3 corresponding to the legends l2. Suitable additionalscore-indicating illustration I4 may also be displayed on the game boardoutwardly of the areas 9.

A pin |5 rises from the game board 5 at the center of thescore-indicating areas 8 and 9 projecting upwardly into a bearing I6positioned in a ball I! adapted for rotation on the pin.

An arm l8 projects radially from one side of the ball the inner end ofthe arm being embedded in the ball, the outer end of the arm beingformed with a downwardly curved head l9 adjacent to which is a collar20.

Rotatably mounted on the arm I8 is a ball 2| having a bor 22 extendingtherethrough provided with bearings 23 adjacent each end of the ball tofacilitate rotation of the ball 2| on the arm.

Projecting from the ball I! at a side substantially diametricallyopposite from the arm I8 is a relatively short arm 24 likewise having aball 25 rotatably mounted adjacent its outer end and constructedsimilarly to the arm l8 and ball 2|.

The ball ll, arms l8 and 24, and the ball 2| and 25 constitute adouble-ended spinner, the rotation of the spinner serving to maintainthe ball in a position at the outer end thereof by centrifugal actionand th ball 2| is adapted to travel over the game-indicating areas 9 ofthe game board while the ball 25 is adapted to travel over thegame-indicating'areas 8.

Accordingly, during the operation of the spinner, as the balls come torest, the outer ball 2| will designate a score as indicated by thelegends contained in the areas 9, while the ball 25 will similarlydesignate the score a indicated by the areas 8.

In playing the game each player is entitled to rotate the spinner andafter the spinner comes to rest following its rotation by the firstplayer, he is credited with the score indicated by the long arm 18 andball 2|, in a manner similar to the results of a regular bowling gamewhen the first bowling ball is rolled. Unless the ball 2| comes to reston an area denoted strike, the player is entitled to a second spin andthe result is indicated by the position at which the short arm 24 andball 25 come to rest with respect to the areas 8.

The compilation of the score may be marked or the standard type of scoresheet 26 attached, in pad form, to the game board.

It is believed the details of construction and manner of use of thedevice will be readily understood from the foregoing without furtherdetailed explanation.

projecting therefrom, a pair of balls each having a bore therein,bearings in the bores for slidably and rotatably mounting the pair ofballs on the respective arms in contact with the surface of the device,and stops on the arms limiting out- 5 ward movement of the balls on thearms.

CHARLES L. MYERS.

